Discourse and Text

Discourse

Discourse noun - Talking or a talk between two or more people.

Text and discourse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Text" instead a noun "Discourse".

Nearby Words: discoursed, discoursing

Text

Text noun - A book used for instruction in a subject.
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Synonyms for Text

Discourse and text are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discourse" instead a noun "Text".

Nearby Word: textual

How words are described

normal normal discourse normal text
standard standard discourse standard text
actual actual discourse actual text
real real discourse real text
Other adjectives: huge, religious, official.

Both words in one sentence

  • The fact that the text itself is available to anyone doesn't stop blatant lies about the document entering the public discourse, with people often surprised when someone reads the actual text aloud.
  • This is a wiki term used for the action taken to relieve the wiki of text that is clearly outside the boundaries of civil discourse or outside the bounds that the community has agreed to set.
    Source: Zapped
  • Quite a few in The Confidence Man — "in which the last three words of the last chapter are made the text of discourse, which will be sure of receiving more or less attention from those readers who do not skip it."
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Text and Discourse. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/discourse/text
Discourse & Text. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/discourse/text>.
Text or Discourse. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/discourse/text.
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